Yanexi Enriquez
Yanexi is a London-based actor and dancer, who trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 2020.
Yanexi has been seen in Casualty and recently guest led on FBI: International for CBS.
She led in Cinderella and My Uncle is not Pablo Escobar at Brixton House Theatre, then in The Invincibles at Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, in 2023. She played Cass in Mandala Theatre Company’s tour of Though This be Madness, in co-production with the Roundhouse and Belgrade Theatres, in 2022. She participated in the Globe Theatre’s Monologue Slam with Mawa Theatre Company in 2023, playing Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and has numerous short film credits.
Yanexi leads in the National Theatre’s production of Ballet Shoes, at the Olivier until 22 February. The show triumphantly opened to wonderful reviews across the board.
Ballet Shoes
Yanexi leads in Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre until Feb.
★★★★★
Telegraph – ‘A playful, graceful adaptation – and a palpable hit’
‘Enriquez (almost) steals the show’
WhatsOnStage – ‘springs from page to stage with panache’
Standard – ‘superlative adaptation never puts a foot wrong’
Independent – ‘If you see one show this
Christmas season, make it this’
i – ‘a real Christmas cracker’
★★★★
Times – ‘The National at its best’, ‘Yanexi Enriquez always holds our attention’
Yanexi leads as ‘Sindy-Ella’ in Ola Ince’s South London retelling of Cinderella at Brixton House – trailer for the production here
The Invincibles
My Uncle is not Pablo Escobar
Yanexi leads in My Uncle is not Pablo Escobar at Brixton House, a high-stakes heist, highlighting history, identity and belonging in the Latinx community in South London, which has opened to great reception.
Reviews:
Morning Star – 5* – ‘the outstanding Yanexi Enriquez’
ReviewsHub – 4*
The Stage – 3*